Re: [PATCH 0/6] Add loff_t & off64_t, and update off_t

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Hi Alex,

On 10/27/20 5:21 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Hi M,
> 
> I added some details to off_t,
> and added loff_t and off64_t to the page.
> 
> Maybe you would like to improve some wording on these patches.
> There are a few lines that don't convince me fully...
> 
> I might start working on fixing the messy *lseek* pages.

See my other mail. On reflection, I think that those pages are
in a "good enough" state.

And, you raced off a bit too quick for me. I definitely
think loff_t should not be added. And I'm pretty doubtful
about adding off64_t as well.

I've applied patch 2 in this series.

Thanks,

Michael


> Alejandro Colomar (6):
>   system_data_types.7: off_t: SEE ALSO: Uncomment loff_t, off64_t
>   system_data_types.7: off_t: Add note about _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
>   system_data_types.7: Add 'loff_t'
>   loff_t.3: New link to system_data_types(7)
>   system_data_types.7: Add 'off64_t'
>   off64_t.3: New link to system_data_types(7)
> 
>  man3/loff_t.3            |  1 +
>  man3/off64_t.3           |  1 +
>  man7/system_data_types.7 | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  3 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 man3/loff_t.3
>  create mode 100644 man3/off64_t.3
> 


-- 
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
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